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Yan W, Gao H, Qian X, Jiang Y, Zhou J, Dong W, Xin F, Zhang W, Jiang M. Biotechnological applications of the non-conventional yeast Meyerozyma guilliermondii. Biotechnol Adv 2020; 46:107674. [PMID: 33276074 DOI: 10.1016/j.biotechadv.2020.107674] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/23/2020] [Revised: 10/31/2020] [Accepted: 11/25/2020] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Unconventional yeasts have attracted increased attentions owning to their unique biochemical properties and potential application in the biotechnological process. With the rapid development of microbial isolation tools and synthetic biology, more promising industrial yeasts have been isolated and characterized. Meyerozyma guilliermondii (anamorph Candida guilliermondii) is an ascomycetous yeast with several unique characteristics and physiology, such as the wide substrates spectrum and capability of various chemicals synthesis. The potential physiological and metabolic capabilities of M. guilliermondii, which can utilize various carbon sources including typical hydrophilic and hydrophobic materials were first reviewed in this review. Moreover, the wide applications of M. guilliermondii, such as for industrial enzymes production, metabolites synthesis and biocontrol were also reviewed. With the development of system and synthetic biology, M. guilliermondii will provide new opportunities for potential applications in biotechnology sectors in the future.
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- Wei Yan
- State Key Laboratory of Materials-Oriented Chemical Engineering, College of Biotechnology and Pharmaceutical Engineering, Nanjing Tech University, Nanjing, PR China
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- State Key Laboratory of Materials-Oriented Chemical Engineering, College of Biotechnology and Pharmaceutical Engineering, Nanjing Tech University, Nanjing, PR China; Jiangsu National Synergetic Innovation Center for Advanced Materials (SICAM), Nanjing Tech University, Nanjing, PR China
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- State Key Laboratory of Materials-Oriented Chemical Engineering, College of Biotechnology and Pharmaceutical Engineering, Nanjing Tech University, Nanjing, PR China
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- State Key Laboratory of Materials-Oriented Chemical Engineering, College of Biotechnology and Pharmaceutical Engineering, Nanjing Tech University, Nanjing, PR China
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- State Key Laboratory of Materials-Oriented Chemical Engineering, College of Biotechnology and Pharmaceutical Engineering, Nanjing Tech University, Nanjing, PR China; Jiangsu National Synergetic Innovation Center for Advanced Materials (SICAM), Nanjing Tech University, Nanjing, PR China
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- State Key Laboratory of Materials-Oriented Chemical Engineering, College of Biotechnology and Pharmaceutical Engineering, Nanjing Tech University, Nanjing, PR China; Jiangsu National Synergetic Innovation Center for Advanced Materials (SICAM), Nanjing Tech University, Nanjing, PR China
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- State Key Laboratory of Materials-Oriented Chemical Engineering, College of Biotechnology and Pharmaceutical Engineering, Nanjing Tech University, Nanjing, PR China; Jiangsu National Synergetic Innovation Center for Advanced Materials (SICAM), Nanjing Tech University, Nanjing, PR China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Materials-Oriented Chemical Engineering, College of Biotechnology and Pharmaceutical Engineering, Nanjing Tech University, Nanjing, PR China; Jiangsu National Synergetic Innovation Center for Advanced Materials (SICAM), Nanjing Tech University, Nanjing, PR China
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- State Key Laboratory of Materials-Oriented Chemical Engineering, College of Biotechnology and Pharmaceutical Engineering, Nanjing Tech University, Nanjing, PR China; Jiangsu National Synergetic Innovation Center for Advanced Materials (SICAM), Nanjing Tech University, Nanjing, PR China.
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García-Carnero LC, Clavijo-Giraldo DM, Gómez-Gaviria M, Lozoya-Pérez NE, Tamez-Castrellón AK, López-Ramírez LA, Mora-Montes HM. Early Virulence Predictors during the Candida Species- Galleria mellonella Interaction. J Fungi (Basel) 2020; 6:jof6030152. [PMID: 32867152 PMCID: PMC7559698 DOI: 10.3390/jof6030152] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/28/2020] [Revised: 08/17/2020] [Accepted: 08/25/2020] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
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Fungal infections are a serious and increasing threat for human health, and one of the most frequent etiological agents for systemic mycoses is Candida spp. The gold standard to assess Candida virulence is the mouse model of systemic candidiasis, a restrictive, expensive, and time-consuming approach; therefore, invertebrate models have been proposed as alternatives. Galleria mellonella larvae have several traits that make them good candidates to study the fungal virulence. Here, we showed that a reduction in circulating hemocytes, increased melanin production, phenoloxidase, and lactate dehydrogenase activities were observed at 12 and 24 h postinoculation of highly virulent Candidatropicalis strains, while minimal changes in these parameters were observed in low-virulent strains. Similarly, the most virulent species Candida albicans, Candida tropicalis, Candida auris, Candida parapsilosis, and Candida orthopsilosis have led to significant changes in those parameters; while the low virulent species Candida guilliermondii, Candida krusei, and Candida metapsilosis induced modest variations in these immunological and cytotoxicity parameters. Since changes in circulating hemocytes, melanin production, phenoloxidase and lactate dehydrogenase activities showed a correlation with the larval median survival rates at 12 and 24 h postinoculation, we proposed them as candidates for early virulence predictors in G. mellonella.
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Atzmüller D, Ullmann N, Zwirzitz A. Identification of genes involved in xylose metabolism of Meyerozyma guilliermondii and their genetic engineering for increased xylitol production. AMB Express 2020; 10:78. [PMID: 32314068 PMCID: PMC7171046 DOI: 10.1186/s13568-020-01012-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/30/2020] [Accepted: 04/09/2020] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Meyerozyma guilliermondii, a non-conventional yeast that naturally assimilates xylose, is considered as a candidate for biotechnological production of the sugar alternative xylitol. Because the genes of the xylose metabolism were yet unknown, all efforts published so far to increase the xylitol yield of this yeast are limited to fermentation optimization. Hence, this study aimed to genetically engineer this organism for the first time with the objective to increase xylitol production. Therefore, the previously uncharacterized genes of M. guilliermondii ATCC 6260 encoding for xylose reductase (XR) and xylitol dehydrogenase (XDH) were identified by pathway investigations and sequence similarity analysis. Cloning and overexpression of the putative XR as well as knockout of the putative XDH genes generated strains with about threefold increased xylitol yield. Strains that combined both genetic modifications displayed fivefold increase in overall xylitol yield. Enzymatic activity assays with lysates of XR overexpressing and XDH knockout strains underlined the presumed functions of the respective genes. Furthermore, growth evaluation of the engineered strains on xylose as sole carbon source provides insights into xylose metabolism and its utilization for cell growth.![]()
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Navarro-Arias MJ, Hernández-Chávez MJ, García-Carnero LC, Amezcua-Hernández DG, Lozoya-Pérez NE, Estrada-Mata E, Martínez-Duncker I, Franco B, Mora-Montes HM. Differential recognition of Candida tropicalis, Candida guilliermondii, Candida krusei, and Candida auris by human innate immune cells. Infect Drug Resist 2019; 12:783-794. [PMID: 31040708 PMCID: PMC6459152 DOI: 10.2147/idr.s197531] [Citation(s) in RCA: 66] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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Background The deep-seated infections caused by the Candida genus are associated with a high mortality rate, and Candida albicans is the most frequent species associated with these diseases. The fungal wall is composed of macromolecules not synthesized by the host, and therefore is a source of ligands recognized by innate immune cells. Methods We performed a comparative study analyzing the cell wall composition and organization of Candida tropicalis, Candida guilliermondii, Candida krusei, and Candida auris, along with their ability to stimulate cytokine production and phagocytosis by human innate immune cells. Results We found that the wall of these species had the basic components already described in C. albicans, with most of the chitin and b1,3-glucan located underneath the mannan layer. However, the walls of C. krusei and C. auris were rich in chitin and the former had a lower content of mannans. C. guilliermondii contained changes in the mannan and the b1,3-glucan levels. These species were differentially phagocytosed by human macrophages and stimulated cytokine production in a dectin-1-dependent pathway. C. krusei showed the most significant changes in the tested parameters, whereas C. auris behaved like C. albicans. Conclusion Our results suggest that the cell wall and innate immune recognition of C. tropicalis, C. guilliermondii, C. krusei, and Candida auris is different from that reported for C. albicans.
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- María J Navarro-Arias
- Department of Biology, División de Ciencias Naturales y Exactas, Campus Guanajuato, Universidad de Guanajuato, 36050, Guanajuato, Gto, México,
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- Department of Biology, División de Ciencias Naturales y Exactas, Campus Guanajuato, Universidad de Guanajuato, 36050, Guanajuato, Gto, México,
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- Department of Biology, División de Ciencias Naturales y Exactas, Campus Guanajuato, Universidad de Guanajuato, 36050, Guanajuato, Gto, México,
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- Department of Biology, División de Ciencias Naturales y Exactas, Campus Guanajuato, Universidad de Guanajuato, 36050, Guanajuato, Gto, México,
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- Department of Biology, División de Ciencias Naturales y Exactas, Campus Guanajuato, Universidad de Guanajuato, 36050, Guanajuato, Gto, México,
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- Department of Biology, División de Ciencias Naturales y Exactas, Campus Guanajuato, Universidad de Guanajuato, 36050, Guanajuato, Gto, México,
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- Laboratory of Human Glycobiology and Molecular Diagnostics, Centro de Investigación en Dinámica Celular, Instituto de Investigación en Ciencias Básicas y Aplicadas, Universidad Autónoma del Estado de Morelos, Cuernavaca, 62209, Morelos, México
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- Department of Biology, División de Ciencias Naturales y Exactas, Campus Guanajuato, Universidad de Guanajuato, 36050, Guanajuato, Gto, México,
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- Department of Biology, División de Ciencias Naturales y Exactas, Campus Guanajuato, Universidad de Guanajuato, 36050, Guanajuato, Gto, México,
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Silva R, Aguiar TQ, Oliveira C, Domingues L. Physiological characterization of a pyrimidine auxotroph exposes link between uracil phosphoribosyltransferase regulation and riboflavin production in Ashbya gossypii. N Biotechnol 2018; 50:1-8. [PMID: 30590201 DOI: 10.1016/j.nbt.2018.12.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/24/2018] [Revised: 12/21/2018] [Accepted: 12/23/2018] [Indexed: 01/13/2023]
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The blockage of the de novo pyrimidine biosynthetic pathway at the orotidine-5'-phosphate decarboxylase level was previously demonstrated to affect riboflavin production in the industrial producer fungus Ashbya gossypii. However, the molecular basis for the unusual sensitivity to uracil displayed by the pyrimidine auxotroph A. gossypii Agura3 was unknown. Here, uridine was shown to be the only intermediate of the pyrimidine salvage pathway able to fully restore this mutant's growth. Conversely, uracil, which is routinely used to rescue pyrimidine auxotrophs, had a dose-dependent growth-inhibitory effect. Uracil phosphoribosyltransferase (UPRT) is the pyrimidine salvage pathway enzyme responsible for converting uracil to uridine monophosphate in the presence of phosphoribosyl pyrophosphate (PRPP). Characterization of the A. gossypii UPRT, as produced and purified from Escherichia coli, revealed that uracil concentrations above 1 mM negatively affected its activity, thus explaining the hypersensitivity of the Agura3 mutant to uracil. Accordingly, overexpression of the AgUPRT encoding-gene in A. gossypii Agura3 led to similar growth on rich medium containing 5 mM uracil or uridine. Decreased UPRT activity ultimately favors the preservation of PRPP, which otherwise may be directed to other pathways. In A. gossypii, increased PRPP availability promotes overproduction of riboflavin. Thus, this UPRT modulation mechanism reveals a putative means of saving precursors essential for riboflavin overproduction by this fungus. A similar uracil-mediated regulation mechanism of the UPRT activity is reported only in two protozoan parasites, whose survival depends on the availability of PRPP. Physiological evidence here discussed indicate that it may be extended to other distantly related flavinogenic fungi.
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- Rui Silva
- CEB - Centre of Biological Engineering, University of Minho, 4710-057, Braga, Portugal
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- CEB - Centre of Biological Engineering, University of Minho, 4710-057, Braga, Portugal
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- CEB - Centre of Biological Engineering, University of Minho, 4710-057, Braga, Portugal
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- CEB - Centre of Biological Engineering, University of Minho, 4710-057, Braga, Portugal.
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Navarro-Arias MJ, Dementhon K, Defosse TA, Foureau E, Courdavault V, Clastre M, Le Gal S, Nevez G, Le Govic Y, Bouchara JP, Giglioli-Guivarc'h N, Noël T, Mora-Montes HM, Papon N. Group X hybrid histidine kinase Chk1 is dispensable for stress adaptation, host–pathogen interactions and virulence in the opportunistic yeast Candida guilliermondii. Res Microbiol 2017; 168:644-654. [DOI: 10.1016/j.resmic.2017.04.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/07/2017] [Revised: 03/03/2017] [Accepted: 04/26/2017] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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Navarro-Arias MJ, Defosse TA, Dementhon K, Csonka K, Mellado-Mojica E, Dias Valério A, González-Hernández RJ, Courdavault V, Clastre M, Hernández NV, Pérez-García LA, Singh DK, Vizler C, Gácser A, Almeida RS, Noël T, López MG, Papon N, Mora-Montes HM. Disruption of Protein Mannosylation Affects Candida guilliermondii Cell Wall, Immune Sensing, and Virulence. Front Microbiol 2016; 7:1951. [PMID: 27994582 PMCID: PMC5133257 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2016.01951] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/13/2016] [Accepted: 11/21/2016] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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The fungal cell wall contains glycoproteins that interact with the host immune system. In the prominent pathogenic yeast Candida albicans, Pmr1 acts as a Golgi-resident ion pump that provides cofactors to mannosyltransferases, regulating the synthesis of mannans attached to glycoproteins. To gain insight into a putative conservation of such a crucial process within opportunistic yeasts, we were particularly interested in studying the role of the PMR1 homolog in a low-virulent species that rarely causes candidiasis, Candida guilliermondii. We disrupted C. guilliermondii PMR1 and found that loss of Pmr1 affected cell growth and morphology, biofilm formation, susceptibility to cell wall perturbing agents, mannan levels, and the wall composition and organization. Despite the significant increment in the amount of β1,3-glucan exposed at the wall surface, this positively influenced only the ability of the mutant to stimulate IL-10 production by human monocytes, suggesting that recognition of both mannan and β1,3-glucan, is required to stimulate strong levels of pro-inflammatory cytokines. Accordingly, our results indicate C. guilliermondii sensing by monocytes was critically dependent on the recognition of N-linked mannans and β1,3-glucan, as reported in other Candida species. In addition, chemical remotion of cell wall O-linked mannans was found to positively influence the recognition of C. guilliermondii by human monocytes, suggesting that O-linked mannans mask other cell wall components from immune cells. This observation contrasts with that reported in C. albicans. Finally, mice infected with C. guilliermondii pmr1Δ null mutant cells had significantly lower fungal burdens compared to animals challenged with the parental strain. Accordingly, the null mutant showed inability to kill larvae in the Galleria mellonella infection model. This study thus demonstrates that mannans are relevant for the C. guilliermondii-host interaction, with an atypical role for O-linked mannans.
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- María J Navarro-Arias
- División de Ciencias Naturales y Exactas, Departamento de Biología, Universidad de Guanajuato Guanajuato, Mexico
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- Biomolécules et Biotechnologies Végétales, Université François-Rabelais de ToursTours, France; Groupe d'Etude des Interactions Hôte-Pathogène, Université d'AngersAngers, France
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- Laboratoire de Microbiologie Fondamentale et Pathogénicité, Université Bordeaux 2, UMR-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique 5234 Bordeaux, France
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- Department of Microbiology, University of Szeged Szeged, Hungary
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- Centro de Investigaciones y de Estudios Avanzados del Instituto Politécnico Nacional (IPN) Guanajuato, Mexico
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- Departamento de Microbiologia, Centro de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Estadual de Londrina Londrina, Brazil
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- División de Ciencias Naturales y Exactas, Departamento de Biología, Universidad de Guanajuato Guanajuato, Mexico
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- Biomolécules et Biotechnologies Végétales, Université François-Rabelais de Tours Tours, France
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- Biomolécules et Biotechnologies Végétales, Université François-Rabelais de Tours Tours, France
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- División de Ciencias Naturales y Exactas, Departamento de Biología, Universidad de Guanajuato Guanajuato, Mexico
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- División de Ciencias Naturales y Exactas, Departamento de Biología, Universidad de Guanajuato Guanajuato, Mexico
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- Institute of Biochemistry, Biological Research Center of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences Szeged, Hungary
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- Department of Microbiology, University of Szeged Szeged, Hungary
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- Departamento de Microbiologia, Centro de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Estadual de Londrina Londrina, Brazil
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- Laboratoire de Microbiologie Fondamentale et Pathogénicité, Université Bordeaux 2, UMR-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique 5234 Bordeaux, France
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- Centro de Investigaciones y de Estudios Avanzados del Instituto Politécnico Nacional (IPN) Guanajuato, Mexico
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- Groupe d'Etude des Interactions Hôte-Pathogène, Université d'Angers Angers, France
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- División de Ciencias Naturales y Exactas, Departamento de Biología, Universidad de Guanajuato Guanajuato, Mexico
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Defosse TA, Mélin C, Clastre M, Besseau S, Lanoue A, Glévarec G, Oudin A, Dugé de Bernonville T, Vandeputte P, Linder T, Bouchara JP, Courdavault V, Giglioli-Guivarc'h N, Papon N. An additionalMeyerozyma guilliermondii IMH3gene confers mycophenolic acid resistance in fungal CTG clade species. FEMS Yeast Res 2016; 16:fow078. [DOI: 10.1093/femsyr/fow078] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 09/06/2016] [Indexed: 01/11/2023] Open
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Complete Genome Sequence of Halophilic Yeast Meyerozyma caribbica MG20W Isolated from Rhizosphere Soil. GENOME ANNOUNCEMENTS 2015; 3:3/2/e00127-15. [PMID: 25792051 PMCID: PMC4395074 DOI: 10.1128/genomea.00127-15] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Meyerozyma caribbica MG20W was originally isolated from rhizosphere soil on reclaimed land in the Republic of Korea. We describe herein the 10.64-Mbp-long genome sequence of M. caribbica MG20W, which exhibits high salt resistance.
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Defosse TA, Melin C, Obando Montoya EJ, Lanoue A, Foureau E, Glévarec G, Oudin A, Simkin AJ, Crèche J, Atehortùa L, Giglioli-Guivarc’h N, Clastre M, Courdavault V, Papon N. A new series of vectors for constitutive, inducible or repressible gene expression in Candida guilliermondii. J Biotechnol 2014; 180:37-42. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiotec.2014.03.034] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/11/2014] [Revised: 03/21/2014] [Accepted: 03/26/2014] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Obando Montoya EJ, Mélin C, Blanc N, Lanoue A, Foureau E, Boudesocque L, Prie G, Simkin AJ, Crèche J, Atehortùa L, Giglioli-Guivarc'h N, Clastre M, Courdavault V, Papon N. Disrupting the methionine biosynthetic pathway in Candida guilliermondii: characterization of the MET2 gene as counter-selectable marker. Yeast 2014; 31:243-51. [PMID: 24700391 DOI: 10.1002/yea.3012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/11/2014] [Revised: 03/25/2014] [Accepted: 03/27/2014] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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Candida guilliermondii (teleomorph Meyerozyma guilliermondii) is an ascomycetous species belonging to the fungal CTG clade. This yeast remains actively studied as a result of its moderate clinical importance and most of all for its potential uses in biotechnology. The aim of the present study was to establish a convenient transformation system for C. guilliermondii by developing both a methionine auxotroph recipient strain and a functional MET gene as selection marker. We first disrupted the MET2 and MET15 genes encoding homoserine-O-acetyltransferase and O-acetylserine O-acetylhomoserine sulphydrylase, respectively. The met2 mutant was shown to be a methionine auxotroph in contrast to met15 which was not. Interestingly, met2 and met15 mutants formed brown colonies when cultured on lead-containing medium, contrary to the wild-type strain, which develop as white colonies on this medium. The MET2 wild-type allele was successfully used to transfer a yellow fluorescent protein (YFP) gene-expressing vector into the met2 recipient strain. In addition, we showed that the loss of the MET2-containing YFP-expressing plasmid can be easily observed on lead-containing medium. The MET2 wild-type allele, flanked by two short repeated sequences, was then used to disrupt the LYS2 gene (encoding the α-aminoadipate reductase) in the C. guilliermondii met2 recipient strain. The resulting lys2 mutants displayed, as expected, auxotrophy for lysine. Unfortunately, all our attempts to pop-out the MET2 marker (following the recombination of the bordering repeat sequences) from a target lys2 locus were unsuccessful using white/brown colony colour screening. Nevertheless, this MET2 transformation/disruption system represents a new versatile genetic tool for C. guilliermondii.
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- Erika J Obando Montoya
- Université François-Rabelais de Tours, EA2106, Biomolécules et Biotechnologies Végétales, Tours, France; Universidad de Antioquia, Laboratorio de Biotecnología, Sede de Investigación Universitaria, Colombia
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Foureau E, Clastre M, Obando Montoya EJ, Besseau S, Oudin A, Glévarec G, Simkin AJ, Crèche J, Atehortùa L, Giglioli-Guivarc’h N, Courdavault V, Papon N. Subcellular localization of the histidine kinase receptors Sln1p, Nik1p and Chk1p in the yeast CTG clade species Candida guilliermondii. Fungal Genet Biol 2014; 65:25-36. [DOI: 10.1016/j.fgb.2014.01.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/18/2013] [Revised: 01/23/2014] [Accepted: 01/25/2014] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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Jørgensen MS, Skovlund DA, Johannesen PF, Mortensen UH. A novel platform for heterologous gene expression in Trichoderma reesei (Teleomorph Hypocrea jecorina). Microb Cell Fact 2014; 13:33. [PMID: 24602241 PMCID: PMC4015775 DOI: 10.1186/1475-2859-13-33] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/04/2013] [Accepted: 02/10/2014] [Indexed: 12/16/2022] Open
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Background The industrially applied filamentous fungus Trichoderma reesei has received substantial interest due to its highly efficient synthesis apparatus of cellulytic enzymes. However, the production of heterologous enzymes in T. reesei still remains low mainly due to lack of tools for genetic engineering. Results In this study we present new genetic tools for T. reesei to further expand its use in industrial production. We have developed an expression platform where genes are inserted into a versatile expression vector via highly efficient uracil-excision cloning and subsequently inserted into a defined position in the T. reesei genome ensuring that enzyme production from different transformants can be directly compared. The ade2 locus was selected as integration site since ade2 mutants develop red pigment that facilitates easy and rapid detection of correctly targeted transformants. In addition, our system includes a tku70 disruption to increase gene targeting efficiency and a new bidirectional marker, pyr2, for iterative gene targeting. The dual selection system, color and prototrophism, ensures that correct transformants containing the desired gene inserted into the defined expression site can be selected with an efficiency approaching 100%. Conclusions The new genetic tools we have developed are suitable for high-throughput integration of genes into the genome of T. reesei and can easily be combined with techniques for generation of defined mutants. Moreover, the usability of the novel expression system with ade2 as integration site was confirmed by expression of a Thermomyces lanuginosus lipase.
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- Department of Systems Biology, Center for Microbial Biotechnology, Technical University of Denmark, Building 223, DK-2800 Lyngby, Denmark.
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Foureau E, Courdavault V, Navarro Gallón SM, Besseau S, Simkin AJ, Crèche J, Atehortùa L, Giglioli-Guivarc’h N, Clastre M, Papon N. Characterization of an autonomously replicating sequence in Candida guilliermondii. Microbiol Res 2013; 168:580-8. [DOI: 10.1016/j.micres.2013.04.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/29/2013] [Revised: 04/04/2013] [Accepted: 04/11/2013] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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Papon N, Savini V, Lanoue A, Simkin AJ, Crèche J, Giglioli-Guivarc'h N, Clastre M, Courdavault V, Sibirny AA. Candida guilliermondii: biotechnological applications, perspectives for biological control, emerging clinical importance and recent advances in genetics. Curr Genet 2013; 59:73-90. [PMID: 23616192 DOI: 10.1007/s00294-013-0391-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/23/2013] [Revised: 03/28/2013] [Accepted: 04/02/2013] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
Abstract
Candida guilliermondii (teleomorph Meyerozyma guilliermondii) is an ascomycetous species belonging to the Saccharomycotina CTG clade which has been studied over the last 40 years due to its biotechnological interest, biological control potential and clinical importance. Such a wide range of applications in various areas of fundamental and applied scientific research has progressively made C. guilliermondii an attractive model for exploring the potential of yeast metabolic engineering as well as for elucidating new molecular events supporting pathogenicity and antifungal resistance. All these research fields now take advantage of the establishment of a useful molecular toolbox specifically dedicated to C. guilliermondii genetics including the construction of recipient strains, the development of selectable markers and reporter genes and optimization of transformation protocols. This area of study is further supported by the availability of the complete genome sequence of the reference strain ATCC 6260 and the creation of numerous databases dedicated to gene ontology annotation (metabolic pathways, virulence, and morphogenesis). These genetic tools and genomic resources represent essential prerequisites for further successful development of C. guilliermondii research in medical mycology and in biological control by facilitating the identification of the multiple factors that contribute to its pathogenic potential. These genetic and genomic advances should also expedite future practical uses of C. guilliermondii strains of biotechnological interest by opening a window into a better understanding of the biosynthetic pathways of valuable metabolites.
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- Nicolas Papon
- EA2106, Biomolécules et Biotechnologies Végétales, Faculté de Pharmacie, Université François-Rabelais de Tours, Tours, France.
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Efficient gene targeting in a Candida guilliermondii non-homologous end-joining pathway-deficient strain. Biotechnol Lett 2013; 35:1035-43. [DOI: 10.1007/s10529-013-1169-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/17/2013] [Accepted: 02/18/2013] [Indexed: 01/21/2023]
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Foureau E, Courdavault V, Simkin AJ, Sibirny AA, Crèche J, Giglioli-Guivarc'h N, Clastre M, Papon N. Transformation ofCandida guilliermondiiwild-type strains using theStaphylococcus aureusMRSA 252blegene as a phleomycin-resistant marker. FEMS Yeast Res 2013; 13:354-8. [DOI: 10.1111/1567-1364.12034] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/12/2012] [Revised: 01/30/2013] [Accepted: 01/30/2013] [Indexed: 12/01/2022] Open
Affiliation(s)
- Emilien Foureau
- EA2106, Biomolécules et Biotechnologies Végétales; Faculté de Pharmacie; Université François-Rabelais de Tours; Tours; France
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- EA2106, Biomolécules et Biotechnologies Végétales; Faculté des Sciences et Techniques; Université François-Rabelais de Tours; Tours; France
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- School of Biological Sciences; University of Essex; Colchester; UK
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- EA2106, Biomolécules et Biotechnologies Végétales; Faculté de Pharmacie; Université François-Rabelais de Tours; Tours; France
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- EA2106, Biomolécules et Biotechnologies Végétales; Faculté des Sciences et Techniques; Université François-Rabelais de Tours; Tours; France
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- EA2106, Biomolécules et Biotechnologies Végétales; Faculté de Pharmacie; Université François-Rabelais de Tours; Tours; France
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- EA2106, Biomolécules et Biotechnologies Végétales; Faculté de Pharmacie; Université François-Rabelais de Tours; Tours; France
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Optimization of the URA-blaster disruption system in Candida guilliermondii: Efficient gene targeting using the URA3 marker. J Microbiol Methods 2012; 91:117-20. [DOI: 10.1016/j.mimet.2012.07.020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/04/2012] [Revised: 07/19/2012] [Accepted: 07/20/2012] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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A TRP5/5-fluoroanthranilic acid counter-selection system for gene disruption in Candida guilliermondii. Curr Genet 2012; 58:245-54. [DOI: 10.1007/s00294-012-0377-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/03/2012] [Revised: 05/02/2012] [Accepted: 05/06/2012] [Indexed: 10/28/2022]
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Retallack DM, Jin H, Chew L. Reliable protein production in a Pseudomonas fluorescens expression system. Protein Expr Purif 2012; 81:157-65. [DOI: 10.1016/j.pep.2011.09.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/02/2011] [Revised: 09/20/2011] [Accepted: 09/20/2011] [Indexed: 10/17/2022]
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Courdavault V, Millerioux Y, Clastre M, Simkin AJ, Marais E, Crèche J, Giglioli-Guivarc’h N, Papon N. Fluorescent protein fusions in Candida guilliermondii. Fungal Genet Biol 2011; 48:1004-11. [DOI: 10.1016/j.fgb.2011.07.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/22/2011] [Revised: 07/12/2011] [Accepted: 07/13/2011] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Millerioux Y, Clastre M, Simkin AJ, Courdavault V, Marais E, Sibirny AA, Noël T, Crèche J, Giglioli-Guivarc'h N, Papon N. Drug-resistant cassettes for the efficient transformation of Candida guilliermondii wild-type strains. FEMS Yeast Res 2011; 11:457-63. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1567-1364.2011.00731.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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